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The deportation of lawful permanent residents due to certain criminal convictions, including aggravated felonies and crimes involving moral turpitude.
retain core constitutional protections—most notably due process and many Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees—but the scope and practical effect of those rights depend on context: criminal court...
A criminal conviction can and often does provide statutory grounds for — Section 237 of the as codified at 8 U.S.C. §1227 lists specific criminal convictions (aggravated felonies, crimes involving mor...
has detained lawful permanent residents (LPRs, “green card” holders). The agency detains LPRs when it considers them “removable” under federal immigration law — commonly because of , issues at re‑entr...
generally makes it a crime for aliens who are unlawfully present in the to possess firearms that have moved in or affected interstate commerce, and convictions can carry federal prison time and includ...
Yes — lawful noncitizens can be placed in removal (deportation) proceedings based on misdemeanor convictions when immigration law classifies those offenses as deportable grounds (including some offens...